medicine in charge of this is called venereology. 2. What Is HIV/AIDS? What is HIV? HIV stands for Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus. It is a common STD and infects approximately 34 million people worldwide as of 2010‚ and took the lives of more than 3 million last year. This virus is an extremely dangerous STD. HIV negatively alters the immune system. HIV can hide for long periods of time in cells in your body‚ and it attacks a very key part of the immune system. It attacks the T cells‚ or the
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HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Green Group: Leah Goldman Saramma Koshy Deirdre Lagewaard Cherie MacAllister Rebecca Mesa Lorie Rodriguez Objective: • How does HIV effect the individual‚ family and community? • Ways to identify enhance or optimize health in HIV infected people. • Health disparity in specific populations. • Profile of an HIV health-related organization. • Community resources and websites for further information Healthy People 2020- HIV: • HIV epidemic has been a major public
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HIV/AIDS In South Africa South Africa has more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country in the world. Over 5‚700‚000 South Africans are living with HIV/AIDS‚ which is 12% of the population of South Africa (Banerjee 63). The adult population with HIV/AIDS is 18.1%. South Africa continues to struggle in regards to dealing with this disease. In 2007‚ only 28% of people with AIDS received anti-retroviral treatment (Central Intelligence Agency 1). This number has improved from 2004 however‚ when only
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Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS Jessica Thammavongsa HCA 240 August 9th‚ 2014 Shirlene Small Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS I am writing this paper to explain how HIV/AIDS as an infectious disease responds to the inflammatory‚ describe what the disease is‚ how it is transmitted‚ and the environmental factors that can make a person vulnerable to accruing the disease. In addition‚ this paper will discuss standard and alternative treatments that are available to those who have HIV/AIDS‚ identify methods
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HIV INFORMATION 8.2 WORK FILE This will serve as a review for the exam you will take on HIV/AIDS. Please use the course Resource Links in addition to the URLs provided in the Web site Resources. 1. Define the acronym for AIDS. A something a person gets from someone else I relating to the body’s defense system for fighting off diseases and infection D below normal levels‚ specifically the body’s inability to fight disease. S a collection of signs or symptoms that when they occur together
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CU1514 Paediatric Emergency First Aid 20 pages 1.1 Identify the responsibilities of a paediatric first aider. I should aim to preserve life‚ prevent the condition worsening‚ and promote recovery. Responsibility Description -Remain calm at all times Appear confident and reassuring -Conduct a scene survey Assess the situation without Endangering my own life. -Conduct a primary survey Identify and assess the extent of the Illness‚ injury or condition of the casualty
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SUMMARY of HIV The story unfolds through a documentary on HIV which visual designer and young filmmaker Gil Bustamante (Jake Cuenca) is shooting‚ a job assigned to him by the Department of Health. In the process‚ he discovers so much about HIV/AIDS. Heidi (Ma. Isabel Lopez) contracted the virus from her philandering OFW husband who died three years ago; Ivy (Iza Calzado)‚ a call center agent who was two years fresh from graduation when she applies for a job abroad and is discovered to have also
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11/5/12 Advances in HIV/ AIDS Medical Research HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the immune system‚ the body’s natural defense system. Without a strong immune system‚ the body has trouble fighting off disease. The first cases of HIV were first discovered in Los Angeles and New York in the 1980’s. A group of gay men and injection drug users were revealed to have
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The Catholic church is right: the condom is no cure for Aids in Africa Today‚ everybody in developed world has heard (at least once) about HIV/Aids as the virus is spread all over the world. And as it is global‚ the fact that people in poorer countries are more likely to suffer from HIV/Aids may appear quite logical because the technology and/or medicine is less advanced in those countries. It might seem rather paradoxical‚ however‚ an absence of technological/medical opportunities can
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Outline and explore the determinants of HIV Catherine Nicholson This essay will look into the different determinants of HIV/Aids and will not only look at the determinants within the UK but also globally‚ therefore exploring the different contributing factors of HIV. The Main themes that shall be outlined within this essay are; the geographical determinants‚ Class and education‚ an Individuals access to correct health services and ethnicity. Along with the 4 main themes this essay
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